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Let me get this right. Gov. Bob McDonnell wants to attract tourists to his state by drawing attention to the fact that his state committed high treason by taking up arms against the union and the federal government for the purpose of preserving human bondage.

Great. What’s next? Is Alabama going to announce a Eugene “Bull” Connor month? The declaration, like the old Confederacy and the white supremacist ideal it represented, should be consigned to the dustbin of history.

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